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• Provide input into the Strategic Planning
  process.
• Design costing profile for the Lodges and
  advise on pricing to ensure a balance between competitiveness and
  profitability.
• Develop budget preparation templates,
  share with the different department heads and guide them through the
  budgeting process.
• Consolidate the different department
  budgets into a master budget for presentation to Management and the Board
  Audit Committee.
• Relay approved budgets to Accountants for
  recording in the Accounting Software.

• Support and implement internal control
  systems that safeguard GLS assets.
• Lead the receipt, discussion and
  prioritization of payment requisitions in the weekly cash flow forecasting
  meetings.
• Review and approve all payment vouchers
  with adequate supporting documents.
• Review all financial transactions recorded
  in the Accounting Software to ensure that they are accurately, timely and
  efficiently captured to enhance reliable financial reports for
  decision-making.
• Monitor the staff operational advance
  accounts on a monthly basis to ensure that they are kept at a minimum.
• Review and approve tax invoices before
  submission to clients.
• Review bank reconciliation statements to
  ensure that errors or irregularities in the cashbooks or bank accounts are
  handled timely.
• Have custody of the external back-ups of
  financial transactions in the Accounting Software.
• Ensure that Accountants maintain up to
  date fixed assets register.

• Review monthly financial reports before
  being presented to management
• Prepare and present analyzed quarterly
  financial reports to Board Audit Committee.

• Prepare and monitor quarterly cash flow
  forecasts.
• Take the lead in debtor follow up to
  ensure alignment to credit policy.

• Review monthly payroll to ensure
  completeness, accuracy and timeliness
• Monitor the tax tracker to ensure that
  Accountants are preparing, submitting and paying all relevant taxes and
  statutory payments (PAYE, LST, Corporate Tax, VAT and NSSF) timely.
• Review tax control accounts in Accounting
  Software to ensure that they are cleared.
• Provide technical expertise to the company
  for tax planning.

• Review all prepared files for statutory
  external audit before submission to the auditors.
• Adequately prepare for external and
  internal audits and offer the required support during the exercise.
• Follow up and resolve issues raised from
  external and internal audits.
• Carry out analysis of audited financial
  statements and present the same to the BOD Audit Committee.

• Manage performance of staff supervised
  including goal setting, regular feedback sessions and appraisals.
• Obtain understanding and address the
  training needs of staff supervised.
• Ensure discipline within the staff
  supervised.

• Undertake reasonable requests made by
  company including flexible hours, location and responsibilities.
• Ensure knowledge of and compliance to all
  policies of the company.
• Adhere to GLS values of excellence,
  integrity and professionalism.

• Monthly Bank Reconciliation reviewed by
  10th date of the following month.
• Budget approved before the commencement of
  the year.
• All monthly statutory returns filed by
  10th date of the following month and payment by the 14th of the following
  month.
• Accurate and reliable quarterly finance
  report submitted by the 15th date of the following month.
• Unqualified opinion in audit report by 30th
  October of every year.

• The applicant must hold a Bachelors’
  Degree in Accounting or related field
• Full ACCA / CPA qualification
• Six years of accounting experience with
  minimum 3 in a Managerial position.
• Excellent oral and written communication
  skills.
• Experience in the hospitality sector is an
  added advantage.
• Proficiency in use of QuickBooks
  accounting software.
• Highly organized and disciplined.
• High attention to detail.
• Leader of self and others.
• Personable and good team player.
• Committed to learning and to training
  others.

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